By Jessie Pang and Justin Fung HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday rejected a government bid to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, saying it could undermine freedom of expression and cause potential “chilling effects”. The government’s application for an injunction came after “Glory to Hong Kong” was played mistakenly …
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HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed 54 people, including a former deputy foreign minister and several senior diplomats, in one of the country’s largest ever bribery cases amid a crackdown on graft, state media reported. The convicted were found guilty of taking part in a scheme where diplomats and companies took money …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will conduct military training in the South China Sea from July 29 to Aug. 2 covering a large area including the Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank, its Maritime Safety Administration said on Friday. Vessels are banned from entering the area during the training, it said in a notice. China claims most …
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By Bernard Orr and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Typhoon Doksuri swept into southern China on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines and sparked fires, uprooted trees, and ripped off part of a stadium roof. The typhoon is the most powerful to make landfall in China this year and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China has appointed Liu Liehong, the CEO of state-owned telecoms giant China Unicom, to head its new National Data Bureau, the human resources ministry said on Friday. Liu, 54, is an electronics and information technology veteran, and his appointment is the latest in a series following a government reorganisation begun earlier this year. …
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By Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Russia’s defence minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defence exhibition that featured North Korea’s banned ballistic missiles as the neighbours pledged to boost ties, North Korean state media reported on Thursday. Sergei Shoigu, and a Chinese delegation led by a Communist Party Politburo …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was confident a deal for the U.S. to sell nuclear powered submarines to Australia was on track, ahead of talks between defence and foreign ministers of the two countries on Friday. Twenty-five U.S. Republican lawmakers told President Joe Biden on Thursday the plan …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Wang Yi has made his first comments on Friday since his reappointment as foreign minister, promising to deepen partnerships and safeguard sovereignty in a statement posted on his ministry’s website. The veteran diplomat was named foreign minister again on Tuesday, replacing rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence that …
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By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – Six years after the #MeToo movement rose to global prominence and toppled powerful perpetrators of sexual abuse, Taiwan is racing to reform laws and provide training and support as it reckons with its own wave of complaints. Despite Taiwan’s reputation as a progressive bastion in a conservative region – …
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By Andrea Shalal and Angelo Amante WASHINGTON/ROME (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met at the White House on Thursday, vowing to deepen economic ties and strengthen cooperation on challenges posed by China, while skirting differences over LGBTQ rights. Italy’s first woman prime minister came to power last October and …
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